Richard weigand



(NoAModel.)

R. WBIGAND.

SKATE.

No. 506x574. I

Patented 001;. lo, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD WEIGAND, OF REMSCHEID, GERMANY.

SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.\506,574, dated October10, 1893.

Application filed May 25, 1893.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, RICHARD WETGAND, a subject of the King of Prussia,residing at Remscheid-Vieringhausen, in the Province of Rhenish Prussia,in the Kingdom of Prussia, Germany, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a skate which is fastened in position by meansof two pairs of clamps which are secured respectively to two leversswiveling upon studs which engage a right and left screw so that byturning this screw the clamps can be made to engage the sole and theheel of the boot. or shoe to which the skate is to be fastened.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan or top view of myskate. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse section in theplane y y Fig. 2.

The runner a is provided with standards s s and the standard s supportsthe inner end of the toe plate p, While the standard s supports the heelplate p which is provided with an upwardly projecting flange p2.

The toe and heel plates p10 support the levers b b in the ends of whichare secured screws or rivets r r, r fr respectively which engagesegmental slots i i, t" fi', in The toe and heel plates, so that theends of thelevers b b can be moved toward and from each other. Each ofthe levers b b carries at its front end a sole clamp c and at its rearend a heel clamp d.

The levers b b have their fulcra on screws fn. n secured in studs n nwhich engage a right and left screw f supported by a standserai No.475,518. (No model.)

ard t, so that said screw can be rotated but not moved in the directionof its axis. The standard t rises from the runner a. By turning thescrewf in the proper direction the levers b b are moved apart, so thatthe foot can be readily placed upon the skate between the clamps c c, dd, and if the screwfis then turned in the opposite direction, the clampsc c are firmly pressed up against the edges of the sole while the clampsd d engage the heel of the boot orlshoe, the levers b b being mounted sothat they can adapt themselves to the respective widths of the sole andof the heel. By these means the skate can be firmly secured to boots orshoes of various sizes without the necessity of previously adjusting theclamps according to the size of the boot or shoe to which the skate isto be fastened.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a skate the combination with the runner and with the toe and heelplates supported by said runner of levers b b carrying the clamps, studswhich form the fulcra for the clamping levers and a right and left screwwhich engages said studs and is revolubly mounted on a standardconnected to the runner substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing v Witnesses: y

FEDOR ULISCH, GUSTA LAU'rERJUNe.

